There is an ever-growing hype around no-code and Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP). It seems like every week a new low-code product hits the market. Some low-code products target a specific niche, while others work on solutions to eliminate the necessity for coding for a broad spectrum of apps, software, and tools. The beautiful thing about
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Who Is a Web Designer: All You Need to Know
Love that website you see? Having fun with the links, the buttons, and the colors that mesmerize you? How about the typeface that makes it easy for you to read? That’s all the work of web designers whose work brings you the slick websites you visit every day. How the website behaves, how it scrolls,
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Storybook Frameworks You Can Use to Build Component Libraries
Building component libraries can make UI development efficient and failure-proof. Some of the advantages of making a component library include: UXPin offers Storybook integration. Try it now to build interactive layouts of your app. Storybook for React React is a JavaScript library with plenty of benefits. We’ve posted about our appreciation for React features like:
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8 Common Prototyping Mistakes Plus Tips on How to Avoid Them
Prototyping is one of the best ways to validate design ideas before time and resources are wasted on ideas that are not viable. While there is no single “perfect” way to create a prototype, there are common mistakes that designers make. These mistakes can affect the suitability of your prototype and slow down the design
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Does Your Team Need a Design Operations Manager?
Design operations managers have become increasingly important as more companies turn to digital products that help them connect with customers and streamline processes. If your design team members work on several projects simultaneously, it makes sense to bring in someone who knows how to manage designers and developers. As a relatively new position, design operations
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9 Principles of Mobile App Design
App design is a combination of UI and UX design to build out a usable piece of software. Modern users don’t have patience for apps that are confusing to use. Ideal mobile app design is good-looking, functional, and straightforward all at the same time. So, how do you measure good app design? A good app
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Negative Space – How Best to Use It in Website and App Design
Have you ever viewed an image or photograph that you really like and wondered why it looks so interesting and engaging? Or maybe you’ve wondered why a scene in a movie or TV show triggers a strong emotional response. Is it the subject matter or the artist’s use of perspective? Perhaps. But then think about
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Storybook Design System: It’s Time to Reap Its Many Benefits
Since you’re here, there’s a good chance that you have used our design-with-code Merge technology to build fully functional prototypes. (If you haven’t taken that step yet, try for free our Storybook integration.) Recently, we took a giant leap forward by releasing an integration with Storybook. We don’t want to assume that you know a
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How to Design an Unforgettable Splash Screen that Delights Your Users
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” that’s how the saying goes. This applies to interacting with new people and when users experience your application for the first time. Research shows that it takes 50 milliseconds for users to decide whether they are going to stay on your app or leave.
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Git for Designers – All You Need to Know
As designers, our final goal is to make great products for the end user. This is why our collaboration with developers is paramount in every product we build. We come up with a product’s concept. Create mockups and prototypes. Then hand over the final design to developers to get the project live. In this scenario, a
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4 tips for User Testing Your Prototype
Even the best ideas can’t guarantee success. No matter how certain you are about a new concept, the only way to create a good product is by getting real feedback and building upon it. Here are our tips that will help you make the most out of your user testing.
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Engaging, interactive websites and what you can learn from them
Some sites look good and some sites function well, but there are some interactive websites that do both with an extra sense of magic. These websites engage us on a deeper level, command our attention, and take root in our imagination. They draw us into their world and make us forget our own — if
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Selecting The Right Open-Source Project in React Ecosystem
Open source projects provide a unique way to work collaboratively with other people and learn through teamwork. It’s not rocket science, but it’s safe to say that a lot goes into choosing the right open source project in the React ecosystem. So, for anyone looking to take up on a challenge and commit, we’ve made
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What is an Affinity Diagram and How It Can Help You
The affinity diagram offers a framework for grouping information, be it data, user needs, opinions, insights, or other data types. Affinity diagrams are when you put each concept, idea, or thought onto a small piece of notepaper. Then, you group ideas by different categories to see what the affinity of the two ideas could be.
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10 Worst Design Failures of All Time
10 worst Design Failures of All time. Google Wave, Macintosh TV, Windows Mobile, Windows 8 shutdown system…to mention few. Design failures will give you a lesson
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